Chapter 139: Chapter 139: A Scramble Among Prestigious Schools
Before he could hang up the phone, the butler knocked and came in.
"Sir, there are four people outside who claim to be professors from the Emberfall Universities. Should I..."
Mr. Sinclair’s eyes were bloodshot. He shot to his feet and said, "Quick, show them in."
After he spoke, a thought occurred to him. "Where’s Chloe?"
The butler replied, "She is still in her room. Should I call her down?"
Mr. Sinclair shook his head. "You go get some water for the professors. I’ll go get Chloe."
With that, he quickly walked out the door.
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Inside a room decorated in minimalist luxury, books were strewn all over the floor.
Chloe Sinclair was at her desk, pen in hand, hunched over and furiously scribbling as her mind raced.
At that moment, the system let out a BEEP.
[Congratulations, Host. You have completed the ’Top Scorer on the College Entrance Exam’ mission. Total score: 750. Reputation value +1000]
[Current reputation value: 1200]
Chloe Sinclair’s movements paused slightly, and then she heard the sound of her door being pushed open.
Chloe Sinclair turned her head, saw who it was, and called out, "Dad."
Mr. Sinclair nodded.
He had wanted to maintain a calm and steady impression for his daughter, but he couldn’t contain his excitement when he thought about the call from her head teacher.
Mr. Sinclair’s gaze was filled with excitement, but he stood at the door for a long moment without saying a word.
Chloe Sinclair thought for a second and knew exactly why her father had come looking for her.
Sure enough, Mr. Sinclair looked at Chloe Sinclair’s seemingly clueless expression, his voice filled with excitement and pride. "Chloe, your head teacher called me. He said you’re the top scorer!"
Not just the top scorer in the school, but in the entire country!
Right now, the scores of the top fifty students in the city had been hidden, so Chloe Sinclair’s score was naturally not visible.
But seeing professors from several of the nation’s top universities arrive at their home one after another, Mr. Sinclair realized that Chloe Sinclair’s score was likely even higher than he had imagined.
"The professors from Emberfall University and The Ivory League are downstairs. Go change your clothes and come down."
Chloe Sinclair nodded.
Mr. Sinclair didn’t stay in the room for long before leaving.
「Five minutes later」
Chloe Sinclair was wearing a white, knee-length dress, her jet-black hair cascading down her back.
As she descended the curved, circular staircase, all eyes in the room focused on her.
Yet Chloe Sinclair felt not a hint of panic, and she walked over with grace and confidence.
"Hello, Professors."
The professors from Emberfall University and The Ivory League were taken aback, looking the young woman before them up and down.
They had assumed such a top student would wear glasses and simple clothes.
They never expected the young woman before them to be so breathtakingly beautiful, with eyes that seemed to speak.
The admissions professors were still a bit stunned. "Hello," they replied.
Chloe Sinclair smiled slightly and sat down next to Mr. Sinclair.
The admissions professors from Emberfall and The Ivory League glanced at each other, and in the end, it was the professor from Emberfall who yielded.
They had come in a hurry and had only heard that Chloe Sinclair’s greatest strength was in condensed matter Physics.
However, condensed matter was The Ivory League’s star program.
Therefore, The Ivory League professor was quite confident he could recruit this top scorer.
He cleared his throat twice and probed, "Sinclair, do you know what your score is?"
Chloe Sinclair shook her head. "The website doesn’t show my score information, so I’m not sure."
The Ivory League professor’s eyebrows shot up. He explained, "That’s because your score is so good that the system automatically hid the scores of the top fifty students in the city."
Chloe Sinclair nodded.
’Of course I knew that.’
’Hiding the top fifty scores was probably to give these professors time to fight over the students.’
Chloe knew this but didn’t let on.
So she feigned a sudden realization. "Oh, so that’s why. No wonder I couldn’t see my score."
The Ivory League professor became even more confident. "Sinclair, your score this time was pretty good. If you’re willing to come to The Ivory League’s Physics department, we will give you many special considerations. You’ll be given priority for study abroad opportunities."
Chloe Sinclair raised an eyebrow.
’My score was "pretty good"?’
’A perfect score of 750 on the college entrance exam... there have only been three other cases in history, right?’
The Ivory League professor was about to continue introducing his university’s advantages, but when his gaze met Chloe Sinclair’s, he saw the hint of a smile in her eyes and felt his confidence waver.
Seeing that The Ivory League’s admissions professor had fallen silent, Chloe Sinclair said apologetically, "Professor, I’m sorry, but my goal is Emberfall University."
The Ivory League professor was shocked, and the professor from Emberfall University was shocked too.
The professor from Emberfall had just been planning to go through the motions.
After all, it seemed a given that Chloe Sinclair would choose condensed matter Physics.
The Ivory League’s condensed matter Physics program was indeed much better than Emberfall’s, so the only real resource they could offer Chloe was the promise that their department would give priority to whatever she wanted to do.
Not wanting The Ivory League professor to misunderstand, Chloe Sinclair explained, "Emberfall University’s Physics department may not be the best among Zenthia’s universities, but its specializations are very detailed and align with my research interests."
’What I plan to do in the future goes far beyond just Physics.’
’My goal is to advance the technological level of the entire world.’
’Otherwise, the existence of the system would feel like a waste.’
The professor from The Ivory League was a bit disappointed, but in his heart, he felt deep admiration for this girl who had just turned eighteen.
’To think, when I was eighteen, I was just worrying about whether I could even get into The Ivory League.’
After seeing the professors off, Chloe Sinclair went back to her room, took a shower, and got ready to attend a class gathering that evening.
However, in the days after the college entrance exam scores were released, various official media outlets and marketing accounts were already fully prepared.
Short video platforms, social media, and online forums were flooded with news about the college entrance exam.
And a trending hashtag, #PerfectScoreOnCollegeExam, instantly shot to the top of the charts.
In previous years, the release of exam scores would also become a trending topic, but it was never anything like this.
A single post generated tens of millions of interactions, and in less than three hours, it had been viewed over eighty million times.
Many people expressed their disbelief about the perfect score.
After all, who could possibly get a perfect score these days?
[A perfect score on the exam? Are you kidding me? You’re telling me someone got a perfect score on the essay?]
[@personabove, there are several perfect-score essays every year. You can’t be so absolute.]
[Then what about a perfect score in Physics? The number two trending topic says the national average for Physics this year was 37. The test writer was Tanner Warren. If someone still managed a perfect score on that, I’ll call them my ancestor!]
[@personabove You’re brave, but I regret to inform you that ten years ago, Tanner Warren also wrote the exam, and someone really did get a perfect score. It just goes to show, there’s always someone better out there. What you see isn’t always the whole picture.]
[The bro above has a good point. So who is this perfect-score student?]
[I heard they refused to be interviewed. But an inside source says the student is going to Emberfall University’s Physics department.]
[Emberfall’s Physics department? You’ve got to be kidding. If you want to study Physics, why not go to The Ivory League?]
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Before long, another huge wave of people flooded social media, all saying:
[Sisters, get in here! This year’s top scorer is Chloe Sinclair!]
